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ONE KEY PROBLEM IN MAKING LOW ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS IS THERANDOM NOISE GENERATED IN VARIOUS SYSTEM COMPONENTS SUCH AS PHOTODETECTORS, ETC. ANOTHER CLASS OF PROBLEMS ARE ENVIRONMENTAL IN ORIGIN, SUCH AS AIRBORNE OR SAMPLE-BORNE CONTAMINATION, AND SCHLIEREN EFFECTS. THE PROPOSED INSTRUMENT, BASED ON WELL KNOWN WAVELENGTH MODULATION TECHNIQUES, BUT NOVEL IN CERTAIN CRITICAL ASPECTS, SUBSTANTIALLY R ...

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO DEVELOP METHODOLOGIES AND A KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT WILL ENHANCE THE UTILIZATION OF FELINE T-CELL LYMPHOTROPIC LENTIVIRUS (FTLV) AS A SMALL-LABORATORY ANIMAL MODEL OF HIV. IN PHASE I, A FTLV ANTIGEN TEST WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT WILL AUGMENT EXISTING ANTIBODY TESTS AND PROVIDE VETERINARIANS AND RESEARCH SCIENTISTS WITH DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS TO MONITOR FTLV INFE ...

THE NUMBER OF CASES OF HUMAN DIARRHEA ATTRIBUTED TO CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST DECADE. IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS, MOST NOTABLYAIDS PATIENTS, CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS CAN PRESENT AS A FULMINANT AND PERSISTENT DIARRHEA. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO KNOWN CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT THAT IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST THIS COCCIDIAN PARASITE. AS A RESULT, THE MORTALITY RATE FOR CRYPTOSPO ...

THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF PROJECT TRANSITION IS TO BRING ABOUT INCREASED EARLY INTERVENTION IN AND PREVENTION OF ABUSIVE ALCOHOL USE PATTERNS AMONG DIVORCED AND SEPARATED WOMEN WHO ARE KNOWN TO BE AT RISK OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE BY DEVELOPING LOW-COST, NONSTIGMATIZED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE NATURAL NETWORK OF SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO REGULARLY COME INTO CONTACT WITH THIS POPULATION ...

THIS WORK WILL EXAMINE THE APPLICABILITY OF EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TO THE PROBLEM OF CONVERTING EXISTING PAPER-BASED TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION TO DIGITAL FORMAT. THE MAJOR FOCAL POINTS OF THE WORK WILL INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO (1) DECOMPOSE THE TEXT INPUT INTO CATEGORIES APPROPRIATE TO THE TARGET DIGITAL FORMAT, AND (2) CORRELATE RELATED SECTIONS OF THE INPUT SO THAT THE ...

THIS WORK COMBINES THE PROBLEM STRUCTURING TOOLS AVAILABLE IN HYPERMEDIA PRODUCTS, WITH EXPERTISE REPRESENTATION APPROACHES FROM TRADITIONAL EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO CREATE A DESIGN FOR AN ACQUISITION PROGRAM MANAGER'S ECP PREPARATION TOOL. THE TOOL WILL BE CAPABLE OF ASSISTING PMS IN NAVIGATING THE ECP PREPARATION PROCESS BY CONSIDERING MAJOR FEATURES OF THE GIVEN SYSTEM AND CHANGE, A ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A WRITTEN SET OF PLANNING PROTOCOLS, STATISTICAL ALGORITHMS, AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE THAT WILL ASSIST RURAL HOSPITALS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES IN EVALUATING THE EFFICACY AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF THEIR HOSPITALS AND HEALTH-CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN PLANNING FOR CHANGE. THE PROTOCOLS ARE TO BE DESIGNED AS PLANNING STEPS THAT USE HISTORICAL DATA ON HOSPITAL O ...

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